Site Event/Activity record EEM14172 - 2013: WS - Lanacombe, Mires Project
Technique(s)
Organisation
Cornwall County Council, Historic Environment Service (Projects)
Date
February 2013
Description
A walkover survey was carried out on land at Lanacombe, Great Buscombe and Trout Hill, Exmoor, in advance of proposed works by the Exmoor Mires Project.
In total, 76 heritage assets were identified, including prehistoric ceremonial monuments, components of a field system of probable Bronze Age date and a number of post-medieval quarries and possible mining related features.
Sources/Archives (3)
- <1> SEM8123 Report: Kirkham, G.. 2013. Lanacombe, Great Buscombe, and Trout Hill, Exmoor: Archaeological Survey. Cornwall County Council Historic Environment Service (Projects).
- <2> SEM8196 Monograph: Bray, L. S.. 2015. The Past and The Peat: Archaeology and peatland restoration on Exmoor. Exmoor National Park Authority. 1st Edition.
- <3> SEM7987 Digital archive: Historic England. Various. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE) entry. 1573877, Extant 16 June 2021.
Location
| Location | Lanacombe, Exmoor |
|---|---|
| Grid reference | Centred SS 7804 4240 (2849m by 2160m) Surveyed |
| Map sheet | SS74SE |
| Civil Parish | EXMOOR, WEST SOMERSET, SOMERSET |
Related Monuments/Buildings (40)
- MSO7020 19th Century contour leat from Great Buscombe to Swap Hill (Monument)
- MEM25238 19th Century prospecting pit or World War Two military training feature on Trout Hill (Monument)
- MEM25237 19th Century prospecting pit or World War Two military training feature southwest of Trout Hill I (Monument)
- MEM25229 19th Century prospecting pits on Lanacombe (Monument)
- MEM25236 Late prehistoric subcircular enclosure southwest of Trout Hill I (Monument)
- MEM25232 Natural surface stone on Little Buscombe (Non-antiquity)
- MEM25228 Possible late prehistoric stone setting southeast of Rexy Barrow (Monument)
- MEM23201 Possible prehistoric clearance cairn on Lanacombe (Monument)
- MEM23203 Possible prehistoric clearance cairn on Lanacombe (Monument)
- MEM23204 Possible prehistoric clearance cairn on Lanacombe (Monument)
- MEM23205 Possible prehistoric clearance cairn on Lanacombe (Monument)
- MEM23206 Possible prehistoric clearance cairn on Lanacombe (Monument)
- MEM23207 Possible prehistoric clearance cairn on Lanacombe (Monument)
- MEM23208 Possible prehistoric clearance cairn on Lanacombe (Monument)
- MEM23209 Possible prehistoric clearance cairn on Lanacombe (Monument)
- MEM23210 Possible prehistoric clearance cairn on Lanacombe (Monument)
- MEM23211 Possible prehistoric clearance cairn on Lanacombe (Monument)
- MEM23212 Possible prehistoric clearance cairn on Lanacombe (Monument)
- MEM23213 Possible prehistoric clearance cairn on Lanacombe (Monument)
- MEM23214 Possible prehistoric clearance cairn on Lanacombe (Monument)
- MEM23216 Possible prehistoric clearance cairn on Lanacombe (Monument)
- MEM23218 Possible prehistoric clearance cairn on Lanacombe (Monument)
- MEM23219 Possible prehistoric clearance cairn on Lanacombe (Monument)
- MEM23225 Possible prehistoric clearance cairn on Lanacombe (Monument)
- MEM25231 Possible prehistoric field boundary on Little Buscombe (Monument)
- MEM25233 Possible prehistoric stone north of Prayway Meads (Monument)
- MEM25234 Possible undated platform near Trout Hill (Monument)
- MEM25235 Post-medieval prospecting pit or World War Two military training feature near Trout Hill (Monument)
- MEM23182 Prehistoric clearance cairn on Lanacombe (Monument)
- MEM23186 Prehistoric clearance cairn on Lanacombe (Monument)
- MEM23188 Prehistoric clearance cairn on Lanacombe (Monument)
- MEM23190 Prehistoric clearance cairn on Lanacombe (Monument)
- MEM23192 Prehistoric clearance cairn on Lanacombe (Monument)
- MEM23193 Prehistoric clearance cairn on Lanacombe (Monument)
- MEM23195 Prehistoric clearance cairn on Lanacombe (Monument)
- MEM23197 Prehistoric clearance cairn on Lanacombe (Monument)
- MEM23198 Prehistoric clearance cairn on Lanacombe (Monument)
- MEM23199 Prehistoric clearance cairn on Lanacombe (Monument)
- MEM23200 Prehistoric clearance cairn on Lanacombe (Monument)
- MEM25230 Undated mound on Lanacombe (Monument)
Child/subsequent Site Events/Activities (1)
- EEM14443 2012-4: WS - Lanacombe, Mires Project
Record last edited
Jun 21 2022 3:03PM